Board of Trustees

Current board members

Trustees are listed with their current (or most recent, in the case of Life Trustees) professional affiliations.

Chair Janet Koran '71 General Counsel, Retired, YMCA of the USA, Chicago, Illinois

Vice Chair for Advancement James Potter '63 Partner and Attorney, Londrigan Potter & Randle, P.C., Springfield, Illinois

Vice Chair for Education Laurel Andrew '86 Director and Treasurer, The Andrew Family Foundation, Orland Park, Illinois

Vice Chair for Finance Ralph Walter '69 Senior Managing Director, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., Los Angeles, California

Vice Chair for Trustees Dushan Petrovich '74 Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, William Wrigley, Jr. Company, Chicago, Illinois

Secretary Charles Smith '84 Attorney/Partner, Skadden Arps, Chicago, Illinois

At-Large Members of Executive Committee Thomas Reilly '68 Managing Director, Head of European Business, Retired, Putnam Investment Management, Dover, Massachusetts

Richard Riddell '72 Special Assistant to the President, Semans Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Special Counselor to the President John Podesta '71 President and CEO, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC

Barbara Adams '80 Attorney/Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP, Chicago, Illinois

Thomas Anderson '66 President, HemaSource, Indianapolis, Indiana

S.C. (Sid) Banwart Vice President, Human Services Division, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Illinois

Harold Bibb '62 Associate Dean of Graduate School and Professor of Zoology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island

Susan Blew '75 Technology Executive, Berkeley, California

Susan Deans '70 Freelance Columnist, Editor & Vice President, Retired, The Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado

Deborah DeGraff '80 Professor of Economics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

Sandra Frum '70 Trustee, Northbrook Village Board, Northbrook, Illinois

Stephen Gamble '64 President and Chair, Gamble Aviation Management, New Canaan, Connecticut

Joseph Glossberg Senior Managing Director, Gofen & Glossberg, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

Richard Henke '56 Physician, Retired, Pathology Consultant, Rolling Hills, California

Gary Jacobson '77 Principal, General Bio Technology, LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana

Robert Jamieson '62 News Correspondent, ABC Network News, New York, New York

Frank Kerous, D.D.S. '61 Periodontist, Retired, Antioch, Illinois

James Kilts '70 Vice Chairman, Atlas Associates, LLC, Rye, New York

Robert Lindsay, Jr. '73 President, Lindsay Automotive Group, Galesburg

Steven Luetger '75 Senior Managing Director, Mesirow Financial, Chicago, Illinois

Joe Masterson '65 Chair, Chief Executive Officer, The Masterson Company, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

George Matkov, Jr. '64 Attorney and Senior Partner, Ford & Harrison LLP, Chicago, Illinois

Jane Strode Miller '81 President, Miller Management Group Inc., Boulder, Colorado

Eugene Procknow '76 Regional Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting, LLP, Washington, DC

Mrudula (Chickoo) Rao '02 Manager, Corporate College Programs, Wells Fargo, San Francisco, California

Diane Rosenberg '63 Chair of the Board, Olson Rug Company, Chicago, Illinois

David Schulz '74 Attorney and Partner, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York, New York

Fay Stevenson-Smith, M.D. '64 Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Wilton, Connecticut

Vernon Stisser, Jr. '62 Chair, Rand Intercontinental, Inc., Galesburg, Illinois

Roger Taylor '63 President of Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois

Brett Tilly '95 6 Sigma Black Belt, North American Division, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Illinois

Susan Haerr Zucker '78 General Counsel/Vice President, City Real Estate Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois

Life Trustees

Dorothy Johnson Burkhardt '39 Professor of Modern Languages, Retired, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

Robert Castendyck '44 State of Illinois Circuit Judge, Retired, Sterling, Illinois

Jarvis Cecil '48 Executive Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Retired, Consolidation Coal Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Raymond Charles '41 Managing Director, Retired, Lehman Brothers, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

John Fellowes '37 Chair, Fellowes Manufacturing Co., Itasca, Illinois

Donald Fites Chair and CEO, Retired, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Illinois

Theodore Fleming '55 Owner and Chair, Fleming Publishing Co. L.L.C., Peoria, Illinois

Patrick Graham '62 Vice President, Retired, The Gillette Company, Santa Monica, California

Donald Harris '54 President, Retired, Mead Johnson Nutritional Group, Evansville, Indiana

Mary Mullins Hinz '58 President, F. Thomas Heller, Inc., Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Dan Martin '61 Senior Managing Director, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia

Merle Minks '39 General Counsel, Retired, Gulf Oil Corporation, Aliso Viejo, California

William Mitchell Vice Chair, Retired, Centel Corporation, Wheaton, Illinois

Walter Sampson President and Owner, Retired, Sampson Implement Company, Galesburg, Illinois

Robert Sparks '56 President, Retired, United Federal Savings Bank, Galesburg, Illinois

Caroline Hamblin Tucker '53 Teacher, Retired, PRIME, Mechanicsville, Virginia

Morton Weir '55 Chancellor Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Honorary Trustees

Frank Cottrell '64 Senior Vice President, Retired, Deere and Company, Moline, Illinois

Mary Kent Knight '60 Data Processing Technician, Retired, Northern Trust Company, Lake Forect, Illinois